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Great. What would you like?Whatever you're having. Two gin and tonics, no ice.Losing your cell phone's like losing your mind.Do you come here a lot?I do. A lot. Too much.Long story.Tell me.I've got a ton of time.I only saw my dad once in my whole life,right here.When my mom was pregnant with me,she never told him.Just left him.Growing up, she had a lot of boyfriends.Went through one after another.Always left them.Every time she'd leave a man, though,she'd keep something, like a souvenir.Maybe a book or a necklace or a painting.When she left my dad, she kept me.I was her souvenir.Before she died, she gave me a piece of paperwith his name and number on it.I called him up, and we met here.I said one thing to him.What did you say?"Dad."That's it?"I'm a gift for you, from Mom."Thank you.I walk past your flower room every day.I see you, but I say nothing.I'm so afraid to look at you. Oh, girl.You say I'm the strongest. I say you're the kindest.You ask me where I'm going. I point to the ocean.Oh, girl.